Re: Perfomance Tuning - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: Perfomance Tuning
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Msg-id 20030808185323.GH2967@libertyrms.info
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In response to Re: Perfomance Tuning  (Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>)
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Re: Perfomance Tuning
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:40:20AM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
>
> Redhat puts ext3 on by default. Consider switching to a non-journaling FS
> (ext2?) with the partition that holds your data and WAL.

I would give you exactly the opposite advice: _never_ use a
non-journalling fs for your data and WAL.  I suppose if you can
afford to lose some transactions, you can do without journalling.
Otherwise, you're just borrowing trouble, near as I can tell.

A

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